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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Logan Truman" <zxmr60@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrlogantman@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:57:58 -0500
Subject: PROPOSAL



From: Mr. Logan Truman.
Bank UBS AG Switzerland
Postfach 8098 Zurich
Switzerland
Postal Account: 80-2-2
SWIFT: UBSW CH ZH 80A
www.ubs.com
Email:mrlogantman@yahoo.com



Good Day,

I am an investment consultant working with Bank UBS AG Zurich at their
offshore
department Zurich Switzerland. I will be happy to work this deal out
with you if
you have a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are capable
to keep TOP
SECRET. I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, if I transfer
this money to your account.

During one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts
with holding
balance of US$42,759,000.00 {Forty Two Million seven hundred an fifty Nine
Thousand US Dollars only} Sometimes a person will open a bank account, deposit
money, and then disappear into the tin air. Banks are not always able to find
out what has become of these silent customers, or to know whether they should
follow up on requests from people who claim to be heirs to the accounts.

The main problem is that the customer resides abroad and, due to bank secrecy,
the bank cannot publish notices in the international press to locate the
depositories. This has led the majority of Swiss banks to refrain from opening
small-deposit accounts for foreign customers; for fear that they will forget
that the account exists.

It has happened in the past, however, that customers pass away and their heirs
can neither prove the death, nor their heir ship.

This was a frequent occurrence during the wartime periods, and the banks have
now set up a simple, rapid resolution procedure operating to their customers'
advantage. Dormant assets are defined as any assets deposited with a
bank (i.e.
an account, a custody account or a safety-deposit box) for which there
has been
no contact with the customer in the bank's files for the last ten
years or more.

I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your response
is received. If you know that you are capable to handle large or small
amount on
trust and can keep secret and ready to take 45% of any amount I
transfer to your
account from the dormant account and I will take 55%, send your account
information's by return mail. Tell me more about yourself, while I
look forward
to receive the above information.

I want to re-assure you that this business is risk free and you can send an
empty account to receive the funds, provided that the account is capable to
receive incoming funds.

Look forward to discuss this opportunity further with you in detail. Please
email me back on this mail address: mrlogantman@yahoo.com

Or provide me with your phone number for discussion of this transaction in
further details.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Regards,

Mr. Logan Truman.

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